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The resolution shall state the name of the branch and the address of its place of business.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"a0d91d06-e9cb-434a-a5e6-9870cff23e9a","order":34,"text":"Every branch shall, within one month of its establishment, apply to the Societies Officer in the specified form for registration or for exemption from registration, and shall not operate until that application has been made.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"598b9526-96f2-48c4-a437-fcdf47342dd3","order":35,"text":"Every branch is subject to this Constitution and to the direction of the Committee. The funds and the accounts of every branch form part of the funds and the accounts of the Society, and the person in charge of a branch shall report to the Committee at such intervals as the Committee may require.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"871f4a2a-7fc5-49f3-a997-35845c9283eb","order":36,"text":"Where a branch is closed, the Society shall inform the Societies Officer in writing within one month of the closure, shall deliver up the certificate issued in respect of the branch, and shall account to the Committee for the funds and property of that branch.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"1f2287b4-1c31-4424-b3c2-3c574e02a367","order":37,"text":"5. 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The Society shall not become a political body within the meaning of the Ordinance, and shall not have any connection with a foreign political organisation or with a political organisation of Taiwan.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"d4ddb863-a766-4892-9b11-6f8f23a4bfa2","order":47,"text":"The Society shall not affiliate with, accept any financial or other support from, or make any payment, donation or loan to, any political organisation, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"1a6409ed-d3d7-4060-8acf-8843573ed3ff","order":48,"text":"The Society shall not be used for any unlawful purpose. Neither the Society nor any of its branches shall be, or permit itself to be used by, an unlawful society or a triad society within the meaning of the laws of Hong Kong.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"67c7bd99-ee4b-447f-8ab2-4873c25daf52","order":49,"text":"Every member and every Office-Bearer shall comply with the laws of Hong Kong in the conduct of the affairs and activities of the Society, and shall not do anything which would expose the Society to the exercise by the Societies Officer of the powers conferred by the Ordinance.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"de1ee9cf-35d8-4933-8aab-f3cd2591e9ee","order":50,"text":"Where the Societies Officer refuses the registration or the exemption from registration of the Society or of a branch, or cancels any registration or exemption already granted, the Society or the branch concerned shall forthwith cease to operate. The Committee shall in that event, within thirty days, dispatch the notice convening a general meeting to consider whether to appeal, to apply afresh, to close the branch or to dissolve the Society.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"c58b23bb-7a5f-4acb-b565-fb35f75df584","order":51,"text":"7. 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A member of the Committee may be reimbursed the expenses properly incurred by that member in the discharge of the duties of the office, upon production of receipts and with the approval of the Committee.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"620a7b9f-67a3-46e1-b420-45be1c7e8ae9","order":70,"text":"Where the Society applies for recognition as a charitable institution or trust of a public character under section 88 of the Inland Revenue Ordinance (Cap. 112), this Constitution shall be read and given effect subject to any further requirement imposed by the Inland Revenue Department as a condition of that recognition.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"fd220d5e-e1e2-46c1-a821-72bc36f221dd","order":71,"text":"9. 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The register shall be kept at the principal place of business of the Society.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"c1fae498-dbaf-42de-91a8-97f12ac7fa8d","order":82,"text":"11. 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No such variation has retrospective effect.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"ccc6bda3-76f0-4ed8-91f3-0f3e6b79ffa3","order":87,"text":"Where the subscription of a member remains unpaid for three months after it falls due, the Honorary Secretary shall send a written reminder to that member. Where it remains unpaid for six months after it falls due, the member ceases to be a member, without prejudice to the liability of that person for the arrears. The Committee may reinstate a person whose membership has so ceased upon payment of all arrears.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"5180430d-f07f-4562-a1ee-95269cf20869","order":88,"text":"A person who ceases to be a member for any reason is not entitled to any refund of any entrance fee or subscription, nor to any share or interest in the funds or property of the Society.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"d8b1bbe4-b6dd-469a-9341-179679703f2a","order":89,"text":"12. 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No member is, by reason only of membership, liable for the debts or obligations of the Society beyond the amount of any subscription or fee due and unpaid by that member.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"c35f341d-3c8e-406a-acc8-d4f78994fd86","order":94,"text":"13. 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Applications for associate membership are made and determined in the same manner as applications for ordinary membership.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"0a24aa66-40e0-47bf-be7b-1c74a24439a6","value":"ordinary members only","type":"remove","operator":"="}]},{"id":"8b98f7f8-85f6-4e9a-a5f7-a91f0f17b964","order":102,"text":"The annual subscription payable by each Associate Member is HK$[Associate annual subscription], payable at the same time as the subscription of Ordinary Members.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"0a24aa66-40e0-47bf-be7b-1c74a24439a6","value":"ordinary members only","type":"remove","operator":"="}]},{"id":"2ceb3486-125a-4849-bcd6-0f3569cf1014","order":103,"text":"An Associate Member may attend and speak at general meetings and may take part in the activities of the Society, but shall not vote at any general meeting, shall not be counted in any quorum, and is not eligible for election to the Committee.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"0a24aa66-40e0-47bf-be7b-1c74a24439a6","value":"ordinary members only","type":"remove","operator":"="}]},{"id":"d66544d5-4501-4c87-a8eb-8b7f5e4b03c4","order":104,"text":"The provisions of this Constitution relating to the cessation of membership and to discipline apply to Associate Members with the necessary modifications.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"0a24aa66-40e0-47bf-be7b-1c74a24439a6","value":"ordinary members only","type":"remove","operator":"="}]},{"id":"33914e2b-b8dd-47ab-9f10-2d92beb175d5","order":105,"text":"15. 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The resignation takes effect on the date on which the notice is received or on such later date as the notice specifies, and is without prejudice to the liability of that person for any sum then due to the Society.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"0bdc19ee-e71c-4c16-a628-ef8e1a947a77","order":111,"text":"Membership ceases upon death; upon the dissolution of a member which is a body; upon the member ceasing to satisfy the requirements of the class of membership concerned; and upon the lapse of membership for non-payment of subscription as provided in this Constitution.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"1a9ab8a4-704f-4e32-8818-3d327394467f","order":112,"text":"Where it appears to the Committee that a member has wilfully contravened this Constitution or any by-law, has failed to comply with a lawful decision of the Committee or of a general meeting, or has conducted himself in a manner prejudicial to the interests, objects or reputation of the Society, the Committee may caution that member, suspend that member from the exercise of the rights of membership for a stated period, or expel that member.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"604f0487-21fc-407e-a046-784e05fac350","order":113,"text":"No resolution to suspend or to expel shall be passed unless the member concerned has been given written notice of the matters alleged, not less than fourteen days in which to answer them in writing, and an opportunity to be heard in person before the Committee. Such a resolution requires the votes of not fewer than two-thirds of the members of the Committee present and voting.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"a7342148-7894-47be-83cf-ee2fb5af729e","order":114,"text":"A member who is suspended or expelled may, within fourteen days of receiving written notice of the decision, appeal in writing to the Honorary Secretary. The appeal shall be determined by the next general meeting, whose decision is final. Pending the determination of the appeal, the decision of the Committee has effect.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"c59fe301-49af-4ba9-b57e-44c2d149a9e0","order":115,"text":"Where no annual general meeting is due to be held within sixty days of the receipt of an appeal, the Committee shall convene an extraordinary general meeting within that period for the purpose of determining the appeal.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"4268e4ff-8e1a-49e3-8af9-d92c1adcf6cd","order":116,"text":"17. 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Where the number of valid nominations for an office does not exceed the number of vacancies, the candidates nominated are declared elected; otherwise the election is by secret ballot.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"82181ee1-222c-45dd-8397-c4dd3c7f8325","order":125,"text":"Retiring members of the Committee are eligible for re-election. No person shall hold the same office for more than two consecutive terms, but is eligible for re-election to that office after an interval of one full term.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"f2a52f9e-4f90-491a-ab85-d43e11e07d70","value":"limit","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"e22e7894-3935-4d48-a8b6-47618cfe4572","order":126,"text":"Retiring members of the Committee are eligible for re-election, and there is no limit on the number of consecutive terms for which a person may hold the same office.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"f2a52f9e-4f90-491a-ab85-d43e11e07d70","value":"nolimit","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"e9d11567-75fa-49b2-bf15-935a5fb33d46","order":127,"text":"Where an election is conducted by secret ballot, the chairperson of the meeting shall appoint two scrutineers, who shall not themselves be candidates, to conduct the ballot and to report the result to the meeting. The ballot papers shall be retained by the Honorary Secretary for not less than six months and shall then be destroyed.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"d763ee51-1684-4bf2-a707-d7f6e83b2f32","order":128,"text":"The Committee elected at an annual general meeting shall take office at the conclusion of that meeting, and the outgoing Committee shall hand over all books, records, funds and other property of the Society within fourteen days.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"9edc8789-66d0-4829-a560-14cd12040cff","order":129,"text":"19. 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A person so co-opted holds office for the remainder of the term of the member whose place has been filled, and has the same rights and duties as an elected member of the Committee.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"6fe190d1-d92b-4500-b60a-c19e56955094","order":132,"text":"A general meeting may, by a resolution passed by not fewer than two-thirds of the Ordinary Members present and voting, remove any member of the Committee before the expiry of the term of that member, provided that the member concerned has been given not less than fourteen days' written notice of the proposed resolution and an opportunity to be heard at the meeting.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"1cf79d9f-9035-4550-b3bc-b43386b3bbcc","order":133,"text":"Where the number of members of the Committee falls below the minimum fixed by this Constitution, the continuing members may act only for the purpose of filling the vacancies by co-option or of convening a general meeting, and for no other purpose.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"60c485a5-9331-467f-b98c-abc10c8bd110","order":134,"text":"The acts of the Committee are valid notwithstanding any vacancy in its number or any defect afterwards discovered in the appointment or qualification of any of its members.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"27762ce8-2698-4494-8a48-852feae67816","order":135,"text":"Every change in the Office-Bearers of the Society shall be notified in writing to the Societies Officer within one month of the change.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"fc9c7f79-4cb9-4a31-9416-4f98d733541f","order":136,"text":"20. 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A person so appointed acts on behalf of the Society and is indemnified out of its funds and property in respect of everything properly done in that capacity.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"d9ea2cb6-9ace-4168-a23c-dea52f7f4cf2","order":141,"text":"The Committee shall cause the register of members, the register of Office-Bearers, the minute books, the books of account and the vouchers of the Society to be kept at the principal place of business, and shall produce them to the Societies Officer on lawful demand.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"df22c733-5a4f-4578-b0f3-86c2e1f4f725","order":142,"text":"Every member of the Committee shall act honestly and in good faith in the best interests of the Society, shall exercise reasonable care, skill and diligence, and shall not use the position held, or any information obtained by reason of it, for personal advantage.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"5a908db7-22b9-455b-b335-68f0feaacc59","order":143,"text":"A member of the Committee who has, directly or indirectly, any interest in a contract, transaction or arrangement with the Society shall declare the nature of that interest at the meeting at which the matter is first considered, shall not vote upon it, and shall not be counted in the quorum for that item of business. 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Where the notice is not dispatched within that period, the requisitionists may themselves convene the meeting, giving the same period of notice, and it shall be conducted in the same manner as if it had been convened by the Committee.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"35577be4-3494-4aac-a011-82534409c007","order":165,"text":"No business other than that stated in the notice convening an extraordinary general meeting shall be transacted at that meeting.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"98c58009-b10a-4133-81e6-dd4af2d82584","order":166,"text":"25. 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The accidental omission to give notice to, or the non-receipt of notice by, any member does not invalidate the proceedings of the meeting.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"1ef3f41d-3f7a-4abc-98e9-33ff98210856","order":168,"text":"Notice may be given personally, by prepaid post to the last correspondence address recorded in the register of members, or by electronic mail to the address last notified by the member for that purpose.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"f7199fb9-8c36-4fd7-bcd0-5b30d26a8073","order":169,"text":"The quorum for a general meeting is one-third of the Ordinary Members then on the register. 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In the absence of the Chairperson the Vice-Chairperson shall preside, and in the absence of both the Ordinary Members present shall elect one of their number to preside.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"f0acf561-d1c1-4977-b6d6-e715ebfee1ff","order":171,"text":"Every question at a general meeting is decided by a simple majority of the votes of the Ordinary Members present and voting, save where this Constitution or the law requires a greater majority. Each Ordinary Member has one vote. In the case of an equality of votes the chairperson of the meeting has a second or casting vote.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"b1532e17-0916-4b10-adc9-651bfd8f67e6","order":172,"text":"Voting is by show of hands unless a secret ballot is demanded by the chairperson of the meeting or by not fewer than one-fifth of the Ordinary Members present. The declaration by the chairperson of the meeting of the result of a vote, entered in the minutes, is conclusive evidence of that result.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"3ebd82ca-cc8a-4011-bd0e-eb68d98689d6","order":173,"text":"An Ordinary Member may appoint another Ordinary Member as proxy to attend and vote on his behalf. 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No fresh notice is required in respect of a meeting so postponed.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"9b9b681b-b24d-4821-a51a-669c752c497f","order":177,"text":"Minutes of every general meeting shall be kept by the Honorary Secretary and shall be open to inspection by any Ordinary Member at the principal place of business of the Society at any reasonable time upon prior appointment.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"af03d860-fc6c-426e-a6fc-a2640bb3ae34","order":178,"text":"26. 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The report of the auditor shall be laid before the annual general meeting together with the statement of accounts.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"6e1a0b6b-8ee7-4254-a21c-b177358eb854","value":"cpa","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"b47c1f71-5ab4-4b26-b8b3-2d2ce9181fc3","order":191,"text":"The accounts of the Society shall be examined annually by two honorary auditors appointed at the annual general meeting from among the Ordinary Members, neither of whom shall be a member of the Committee. 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